Blogs from Kansas, United States, North America - page 6

Geo: 38.9731, -95.2365The hotel was fine overnight, and we were up early with the help of the alarm to get going in time to make it to Spivey, Kansas before the post office closed at 11:15 a.m. This trip was through the backroads of Oklahoma and Kansas on mostly two-lane roads without much traffic. We pulled into Spivey about 10:45 and drove first to the post office. I created and printed postcards at home with a sunflower photo and "Greetings from Spivey, Kansas" on them to mail to all the Spiveys whose physical addresses we have. I took the cards inside the post office and asked the young woman working there if they could be postmarked locally. She did that for me stamping them clearly in red. I also mailed one to us. After dropping off ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Et un peu plus de 500 km de fait. Ça de moins. Je viens de quitter le Colorado, où le hasch est en vente légal, comme en Oregon, c'est juste un constat, mais c'est dans ces 2 États où j'ai vu le plus de marginaux, de sdf, dans les parcs et voies publics. Y aurait il un rapport de cause à effet ?. Ce matin j'aurais pu prendre Interstate 70, l'autoroute qui traverse les US de Denver à Baltimore, j'ai préféré me rallonger, un peu , plus tôt que de me faire emmerder, par ces fous de camionneurs. La route que j'ai prise aujourd'hui, n'était encombrée que de bétaillères. Lorsque que je suis parti ce matin je n'avais aucune idée, où j'allais m'arrêter ce soir. De Pueblo, la première et seule ville conséquente ... read more

Day 30 - Hutchinson There are many cool things to do in Hutchinson. We could have seen the salt mines or the Cosmoshpere. Instead tony spent the morning at the Toyota dealer getting the transmission checked out while Anne and Michelle started some laundry and relaxed. Our Van was losing it's passing gear and we had transmission overheat code come up yesterday. Those are two very bad things to have happen when heading into the mountains. Turns out the transmission had been overfilled and needed a flush. Once that was taken care of we headed out to explore Hutchinson. We found a great cafe in an old firehouse for lunch and afterwards looked around the shops in downtown Hutchinson. In the afternoon we got a personalized tour of the dairy plant where Matt works as the ... read more

Day 29 - Maysville to Hutchinson An early start had us on the road and headed into Kansas. After passing by St. Louis we started to notice that the road and surroundings were remarkably similar to the last time we were in this part of Kansas, about 12 years ago. We made it to Tony's brother's house in the mid afternoon without any problems. Matt and Abby and their daughters moved to Hutchinson about a year ago. Unfortunately the girls were off visiting with their grandparents so we missed them on this trip. We went out to dinner at a restaurant called Carriage Crossings in the nearby town of Yoder. The town was originally a Amish settlement and still has a sizable Amish population. The restaurant serves traditional Midwestern meals and even has a family style ... read more

Geo: 37.687, -97.3356Although I haven't found the photo of us with Bob and Carrie Nash, we enjoyed a quick lunch in Wichita Kansas, on our way up I 35.Glenn talked with Bob about how the year had been going since Gloria died over a year ago.The girls were very good and played in the playland while we talked. They made some new friends too.We stayed for about 2 hours, then continued on to Virginia's place to visit with her and Evie.... read more